It appears that the bats change the way they echolocate in order to gain detailed information about their neighbors nearby.

Aya Goldshtein, Omer Mazar, and Yossi Yovel have spent many evenings standing outside bat caves. Even so, seeing thousands of ...

Mastermind of torpedo batThe mastermind behind the design is Aaron Leanheardt, a former Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

“The bats don’t run into each other,” says Goldshtein from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, “even in colonies of ...

A Natal long-fingered bat (Miniopterus natalensis) parasitized by a male bat fly (Penicillidia fulvida) on the wall of a diatomite mine in Nakuru, Kenya. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

WHILE watching a greater horseshoe bat flying up and down a hedge at dusk, I noticed that the bat glided for short intervals very frequently throughout its flight. This behaviour has been ...

Assistant Professor Anna Doty and her students study bats across California, revealing how these docile creatures benefit ...

The white-throated needletail was long considered the fastest flier, but the bird, or any other avian, is not. The ...

As bat pupping season approaches in North Carolina, the state's Wildlife Commission urges residents to inspect their attics for bats before May 1.